Awkward moment at France’s NRJ Music Awards this past weekend: while Ke$ha and French choreographer Kamel Ouali were giving out the award for Best International Group, they inadvertently named the Black Eyed Peas the winner when in fact, the award should have gone to Tokio Hotel. The presenters were given a list of all the nominees rather than just the name of the winner, and accidentally read off the Black Eyed Peas name since they were at the top of the list.
In the clip we found, which is mostly in French aside from Ke$ha’s stereotype-perpetuating ditz-English, the duo announce the nominees and Ouali, after taking a confusing look at the card, announced the winner as the Black Eyed Peas,. The news bewilders everyone in the audience except for the Black Eyed Peas, who clearly knew ahead of time that they weren’t going to win or else they would have walked to the stage to accept the trophy. Later, Ouali and the host of the show apologize and correct the mistake.
It should be noted that Jay-Z and Alicia Keys were also nominated in the category for “Empire State Of Mind” and didn’t win, which proves that France really does have terrible taste in music. The Black Eyed Peas didn’t go home empty-handed though, they later won Best International Song for “I Gotta Feeling.” [Photo: Getty Images]
